Dear Boulder friends, neighbors and colleagues,
I'm writing as one person who cares deeply about kids in Boulder to another. I am a board member of a nonprofit called Growing Up Boulder. While you may be feeling powerless when it comes to effecting change at the national level right now, Growing Up Boulder empowers our kids at the local level to “be the change they want to see.” I'm writing to ask for you to support Growing Up Boulder's work with kids to combat intolerance, apathy, and powerlessness, and instead, work with young people to build hope, action, and a better future for all of us. All of Growing Up Boulder's programs are free to the community, and more than half of the young people we serve are youth of color, kids who experience disabilities, kids who identify as LGBTQ and kids who qualify for free or reduced lunch.
Colorado Gives Day is coming up on December 10th, but you can contribute early--between now and 12/10. My goal is to have friends and family donate $5 each month--the price of a cup of coffee--to our mission of elevating children and youth voices. Our goal is to raise $20,000, and we have a donor who will match up to $10,000.
Check out some of our most impactful projects:
Boulder is becoming a UNICEF USA Child Friendly City Initiative (CFCI). We’ve worked alongside 1,000 children, youth, parents, and service providers (75% of whom are from historically marginalized groups) this last year to find out what they feel Boulder’s top 3 issues are in better supporting young people’s wellbeing. A Youth Action Plan will be developed by a Youth Committee, voted on by City Council, and implemented using $2 million from the sale of the Broncos. Projects like CFCI teach kids about civic engagement and create life-long contributors to our democracy!
Connecting kids to nature. We're working on projects across the city of Boulder to hear how kids and their parents want to engage with neighborhood spaces for nature. Primos Park is a great example of our collaboration with underserved kids and families, the City of Boulder, and local preschools. With your help, we can build nature spaces that support children's mental and physical health and contribute to the health of the planet!
Helping kids heal from the King Soopers tragedy. We created a "Youth Leadership Healing Committee" composed of 21 teens, and they created a "Youth Healing Day of Remembrance." More than 200 people attended this youth-led event, which was hosted at BMoCA. Then, we helped the teens turn the activities from that day into a bilingual, free toolkit for teachers and community groups to use with their youth. Two teens partnered with us to train BVSD teachers, administrators and nonprofit partners on how to use the toolkit.
Your donation will help us continue projects like the ones above and will contribute to a more equitable, sustainable, and child-friendly Boulder. Please help us with this work https://lnkd.in/gvvbPGdk
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